Two people were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after three people were killed in a car crash, police said.

Two men and a woman, all in their 20s, were pronounced dead at the scene after their blue Ford Focus was involved in a collision with a green Rover 600 at about 11pm yesterday in Colne, Lancashire.

The occupants of the Rover were not injured. Two men, aged 46 and 29, both from Colne, were arrested, a Lancashire police spokeswoman said.

Sergeant Tracey Ward, who is leading the investigation, said: "I would like to appeal to anyone who witnessed this collision to contact police. I would also like to speak with anybody who may have seen either a blue Ford Focus or green Rover 600 driving along Skipton Old Road shortly before 11pm.

"A full investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident is under way and any amount of information, no matter how small, may help us piece together exactly what has happened."